By Garret G. Fagan - Bathing in Public in the Roman World (1999-05-16) [Hardcover]

by Garrett G. Fagan

Excellent Book

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Ancient History

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1999

Reviews

[Alexander Kennedy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this book primarily to learn what the experience of going to a bath house would have been like. This information was covered in the book, but not with as much detail as I would have liked. Much of this book is simply an epigraphic sample, so most of the book is concerned with why individual patrons chose to build a bath house.

[Drianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

balnea, vīna, Venus corrumpunt corpora nostra--
     sed vītam faciunt balnea, vīna, Venus!

[Lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

OK, I just skimmed it. It was rather detailed, and if I had the inclination, I would have read it more thoroughly. It has been on my pencilled to-read list since about 1999, so I more or less HAD to get through it.

Looked good, if one wanted to read a well-researched cover of the topic.